Stories from Thursday, December 10, 2015

Buena Faye Karleskint, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 1, 1925, in Pensboro, Mo., the daughter of Perry Renfro and Carrie Bird Renfro. Buena married Anthony J. "Tony" Karleskint on March 4, 1946, in Fort Scott. ...

Robert P. "Bob" Grant, 67 of Capaldo, Kan., formerly of Cherokee, Kan., died at 1:50 am, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 at the Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo., following a short illness. He was born Nov. 28, 1948 in Clovis, N.M., to Mary Rauniker and Walter Grant. He was raised in Cherokee by his aunt and uncle, Annie and John Lomshek, where he lived until moving to Capaldo in 2011...